The verbal politeness of interpersonal utterances resulted from back-translating indonesian texts into english

 
Maintaining thepoliteness of informing
The term Informing,which is used to mean “telling 
someone about particular facts” (CALD, 2008), is 
defined as the speaker’s effort to convey the 
intention of interpersonal utterances through the 
provision of information concerning a particular 
thing. The speaker expects his/her interlocutor(s) to 
be able to understand the intention of the utterance 
beyond the meaning of the information, so that (s)he 
is willing to do any activity the speaker requires 
him/her to do. The politeness degree of 
interpersonal utterances, which are conveyed 
through information giving, can be maintained by 
providing direct acts, with or without additional 

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information to strengthen the meaning of the 
utterances, conveying the speaker’s or the 
addressee’s needs, using negative utterances, 
providing information concerning the interlocutor’s 
opinion or thought, and conveying belief on 
something.
Interpersonal utterances which are categorized 
as Direct Act as exemplified in Sample (11) can be 
misunderstood given the difference between the 
utterance meaning and the intention. The utterance 
“Makan malam siap” (“Dinner is ready”) may be 
used to inform that “makan malam” (“dinner”) has 
really been ready to serve. However, that same 
utterance can also be used to implicitly invite 
someone to “start dinner soon” depending on the 
context and the participant involved in the 
interaction.
(11) a. Dinner’s ready! 
b. Makan malam siap. 
c. Dinner is ready. 
The provision of information intended to order, 
request, command, etc. may be conveyed by adding 
extra information in order to strengthen, emphasize, 
or confirm the intention beyond the meaning of the 
utterances. Sample(12) proves that an order to start 
an activity of “makan malam” (“dinner”) has been 
conveyed by adding to it information that other